Testing whether muon neutrino flavor mixing is maximal

Abstract

The small difference between the survival probabilities of muon neutrino and antineutrino beams, traveling through earth matter in a long baseline experiment such as MINOS, is shown to be an important measure of any possible deviation from maximality in the flavor mixing of those states.

Some revision has been made in the experimental discussions with two new figures replacing the old ones and a clarification of the accuracy of the perturbative result has been included. This version will be published in Physical Review Letters. Title changed as asked by the editors of Physical Review Letters

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